Wheeling and Lake Erie, W&LE SD40 3034 (built as ex-MP 734), with a Plow extra. Flanger WE 004 at, Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania. February 19, 2003. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

Wheeling and Lake Erie manifest 618 crosses the massive trestle across the Monongahela River just as the last rays of sun warm the banks before dipping below the ridgeline. The train is crossing f... (more)

Wheeling train 618 crosses Mingo Creek trestle and under I43 as it heads east towards Connellsville, PA.

The evening westbound freight out of Brittain yard in Akron rolls on under N Arlington Street and the "Freedom Trail", the green spring leaves providing a fresh canopy.

WE 3034 takes train 612 east across the Sudan Trestle heading for a drop off at Monessen PA and a tie down at Connellsville PA.

On a sunny December morning, Wheeling train 261 motors upgrade through farmland near Navarre, Ohio with a trio of SD40 variants leading the way north toward Canton and eventually Akron.

During the long weekend a local drowses awaiting Tuesday and something to do. Odd to see such a large regional shut down for holiday like a shortline.

WE 3034 runs west with 571 from Spencer to Carey. Stone traffic is done for the winter so the wheeling runs turns to and from Carey at Spencer to move the traffic as most of this freight was tacke... (more)

There aren't many places in Western Pennsylvania where you can shoot a train in full sun after 8PM in August. Fortunately, Mingo Creek is one of those places, as illustrated by a westbound crossi... (more)

WLE 3034, 3046, 7375, 300, 108, and AVR 3003 and 3001 team up to move a huge train of over 100 cars across Sudan Viaduct.

This is part of what makes the W&LE so interesting - you never know exactly what you're going to get. I knew there was going to be an empty ore train running, but the five W&LE and two AVR units ... (more)

14,500 horsepower reply to the engineer's command with a puff of smoke as a huge westbound freight makes its way across yet another small trestle on the former P&WV.